Handmade Jewellery

KH Designs

Luckenbooth

Brooch

This heart-shaped brooch dates back to the Middle Ages when
shopkeepers of Edinburgh were given a token to prove that they had purchased
a 'locking booth' at the market. It became a tradition to give this to a
loved one when trading had ended. In the time of Mary Queen of Scots the
brooch appears with a crown, the original a gift to Lord Darnley